First of all, as a gun owner and former hunter, I don't believe that anyone needs to own an automatic assault rifle or a magazine that holds 30 cartridges. But lawmakers can pass all of the gun laws they want, criminals will get guns. Most gun violence (not all) is committed by people who have a record of previous gun crimes.

We need laws that require significant mandatory jail time for any first offense that involves a gun or weapon even if it means freeing a nonviolent prisoner because of jail overcrowding. Take the option of putting these violent offenders back on the street away from the judges. Taking guns from law-abiding citizens won't curb gun violence. Keeping offenders behind bars might.